🚀 Sri Lankan-Founded AI Startup 'Logical' Secures Y Combinator Entry & Rs. 150M+ Funding

• Milestone Achievement: Logical has become what is believed to be the first startup with a fully Sri Lankan founding team to be accepted into Y Combinator (YC), the premier Silicon Valley accelerator behind global giants like Stripe and Dropbox. • Funding Raised: The startup has secured over Rs. 150 Mn in initial funding, providing a strong launchpad to build a globally competitive product from Silicon Valley. • Product & Innovation: Positioned within the AI and ICT/BPM sectors, Logical is developing a proactive desktop AI copilot for knowledge workers. Unlike traditional chatbots, the tool seamlessly understands work context across daily applications, allowing users to automate actions, draft emails, and log meeting takeaways with minimal prompting. • Local Talent, Global Impact: Co-founded by Kandy-born engineers Samurdhi Karunaratne (UCLA PhD, ex-NVIDIA) and Anushka Idamekorala (University of Virginia PhD), both alumni of leading Sri Lankan state engineering universities (University of Peradeniya and University of Moratuwa). The founders aim to showcase that world-class software and technology can be built by Sri Lankan engineers competing at the highest global levels.